Studying an Eclipse from Deep Underground (with a picture of two princesses investigating plasma physics)

New Particle Physics Gadgeteering post: Studying an Eclipse from Deep Underground, which might look like a contrived attempt to attach an eclipse tag to an underground science story, but this is a true report of what I was doing during the 2006 solar eclipse.

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[Eruantalon]

Already saw the post on your other blog, and it's fascinating! Hope they get some better results this time!

Meanwhile in the magical land of Equestria... I wonder, can you research plasma physics with Celestia's mane? It does look rather similar to the plasma in that picture...

[Walabio]

> “…magnetic nose…”

I wish that I could smell magnetic fields. Maybe, you mean “magnetic noise”.

[Pineta]

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Thanks. Celestia's mane as plasma is an intriguing idea. It does raise a lot of interesting questions, such as what shampoo she uses.

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Thanks. This is the result of writing blog posts when jet-lagged. (Apparently pigeons can smell magnetic fields).

[Walabio]

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> > > “’…magnetic nose…’”

> > “’I wish that I could smell magnetic fields. Maybe, you mean “magnetic noise”.’”

> “Thanks. This is the result of writing blog posts when jet-lagged. (Apparently pigeons can smell magnetic fields).”

Pigeons see magnetic fields. They have photoactive chemicals for sensing magnetic fields, but they only work under light.